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LLYTHYR NEWYDDION URDD GRADDEDIGION PRIFYSGOL CYMRU NEWSLETTER OF THE GUILD OF GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

Rhifyn 5 / Issue 5 Gorffennaf / July 2004

Her newydd yn wynebu’r Brifysgol – gweler tudalennau 2, 4, 5, 6 a 11

University faces new challenges – see pages 2, 4, 5, 6 & 11 Ysgoloriaeth Mandela Dyfarnwyd Ysgoloriaeth Mandela i Ashia ysgolheigion sydd eisoes wedi dangos Petersen, Uwch Swyddog Gwyddonol yn doniau fel arweinwyr, mewn Sefydliad Botanegol De Affrica er mwyn gwleidyddiaeth, busnes neu waith astudio ar gyfer gradd meistr mewn cymunedol. Ar ôl cyfnod yn astudio Rheoli Adnoddau Gwledig yn y Ganolfan mewn prifysgol ym Mhrydain, bydd Astudiaethau Crasdiroedd, ym Mangor. enillwyr yr ysgoloriaeth yn dychwelyd i Bwriad Ysgoloriaeth Nelson Mandela yw weithio yn eu cymunedau eu hunain. datblygu arweinwyr o safon, a denu Mandela Scholarship Ashia Petersen, a Senior Scientific Officer with South Africa’s National Botanic Institute, was awarded a Mandela Scholarship to study for a master’s degree in Rural Resource Management at Bangor’s Centre for Arid Dathliad rhyngwladol - gweler tudalen 3 Zone Studies. The prestigious Nelson International celebration - see page 3 Mandela Scholarship seeks to develop leaders of calibre and to attract scholars who have already demonstrated strong leadership, in politics, business or community work. Recipients are able to Dafydd Iwan yn derbyn gradd Doethur er anrhydedd – gweler tudalen 7 study at a university in the United Noddwyd gan Ede and Ravenscroft, darparwyr gynau i’r Brifysgol Dafydd Iwan recieves his honorary Doctorate – Kingdom before returning to work in Sponsored by Ede and Ravenscroft, robe-makers to the University see page 7 their own communities. A_W_Cap_Cymru_Haf_2004 27/7/04 11:33 am Page 2

2 Rhifyn 5 / Issue 5 Gorffennaf / July 2004 Cam gwag? Lai na blwyddyn yn ôl, mewn sgwrs i Gangen Caerdydd i adael y brifysgol ffederal wedi Abertawe o Urdd y Graddedigion, cyfeiriais cynhyrfu’r dyfroedd mewn mannau eraill. yn obeithiol iawn at ddyfodol llewyrchus i’r Dichon y gallai Abertawe ddilyn pan gaiff yr brifysgol, fel y gwelwn i bethau ar yr adeg hawl i gyflwyno ei graddau ei hun, ac y mae honno. Roedd yn ymddangos i mi ein bod ar sefydliadau eraill sydd eisoes yn meddu ar fin gwireddu breuddwyd a fu gan lawer hawliau cyflwyno graddau yn ystyried dysgu ohonom dros gyfnod hir, sef y byddai pob gogyfer â’u graddau eu hunain yn ogystal â Mr Robert Barnes,Warden (yn y Canol) ar adeg sefydliad addysg uwch yng Nghymru yn rhan o graddau Prifysgol Cymru. cyflwyno Doethuriaeth i Syr David Rowe-Beddoe Brifysgol ffederal Cymru, ac y byddem i gyd yn Mae’n fater o bwys i mi fel Warden bod Mr Robert Barnes (centre) looks on at the present- ation of a Doctorate to Sir David Rowe-Beddoe paratoi myfyrwyr at radd y Brifysgol. Y cam gradd Prifysgol Cymru yn cael ei diogelu. angenrheidiol at wireddu’r Wtopia hon fyddai Buwyd yn cyflwyno graddau Prifysgol Cymru Prifysgol Cymru a pharhad prifysgol uno Athrofa Caerdydd a Phrifysgol er 1893, ac fe gafodd y radd hon ei derbyn genedlaethol i Gymru. Rwy’n mawr obeithio y Morgannwg, a gwneud y Sefydliadau drwy’r byd academaidd ar raddfa ryngwladol. bydd y radd hon yn enw Prifysgol Cymru, sy’n Cysylltiedig yn aelodau llawn o’r Brifysgol. Trychineb, a dim llai, fyddai aberthu hyn oll ar destun balchder i ni gyd fel aelodau’r Urdd, yn Yn anffodus mae’r freuddwyd honno wedi yr adeg yma. Fe gymer flynyddoedd i radd parhau. Rwy’n edrych ymlaen at gael ymateb ei chwalu. Diflannodd y cynllun i uno’r Abertawe neu radd Bangor i ennill y bri aelodau’r Urdd i’r newidiadau sydd ar y gweill. Athrofa a Morgannwg. Rhoddodd Prifysgol rhyngwladol sydd gan radd Prifysgol Cymru, Ers rhifyn diwethaf Cap Cymru ymddeolodd Cymru Caerdydd rybudd o’i bwriad i ymadael yn union fel y mae’n cymryd blynyddoedd i Dr Gwyn Chambers, Bangor fel Trysorydd yr â Phrifysgol Cymru gan ddysgu ei graddau ei brifysgolion yn Llundain – City, Westminster, Urdd. Hoffwn gofnodi ein diolch diffuant iddo hun o 2005 ymlaen. Byddai Caerdydd yn uno Guildhall, Greenwich a.y.b. i gael eu derbyn yn am ei wasanaeth glew i’r Urdd dros lawer â Choleg Meddygaeth Prifysgol Cymru, gan yr un modd â graddau Llundain. blwyddyn, gan ddymuno iddo ef a’i wraig yn gydnabod swyddogaeth genedlaethol y coleg Mae’r Urdd yn croesawu sefydlu dda at y dyfodol. Yr ydym yn croesawu Mr hwnnw drwy barhau i gyflwyno graddau Gweithgor o dan gadeiryddiaeth y Dirprwy Ken Richards o Aberystwyth yn olynydd iddo. meddygaeth a meysydd cysylltiedig o dan Ganghellor, i gynghori ar swyddogaeth y Hoffwn ddiolch i’r Urdd am ei chefnogaeth fantell Prifysgol Cymru. Er 1992, fe fu dwy Brifysgol a’i fframwaith at y dyfodol, a’i chyd- i mi a gallaf eich sicrhau y gwnaf bopeth o brifysgol yng Nghymru sef Prifysgol Cymru a berthynas â’r sefydliadau. Y gobaith yw y bydd fewn fy ngallu i wasanaethu buddiannau’r Phrifysgol Morgannwg. O 2004 ymlaen fe fydd y Gweithgor yn gwahodd safbwyntiau o bob Urdd. gennym dair prifysgol – Prifysgol Cymru, cwr o Gymru ac o’r byd academaidd drwyddo Prifysgol Morgannwg a Phrifysgol Caerdydd. draw. Dymuniad yr Urdd, uwchlaw dim, fyddai Robert V Barnes Afraid dweud fod y cam a gymrodd pwyso’n gryf am sicrhau dyfodol gradd Warden One degree under Less than a year ago I gave a very up-beat talk , the University of relationships with the institutions. It is hoped to the Swansea Branch of the Guild of Glamorgan and Cardiff University. that the Working Party will invite views Graduates emphasising the positive future Needless to say, the move by Cardiff to widely from within Wales and from the which, at that time, lay ahead for our leave the federal university has prompted academic world in general. In particular the university. It seemed that at last we were rumblings elsewhere in the system. Swansea Guild would wish to press most strongly that about to realise a dream which many of us may follow suit when it is granted its own careful consideration be given to the future of had had for a long time – namely that all degree awarding powers, and other the University of Wales degree, and the higher education institutions in Wales would institutions in the University are continued existence of a national University be part of the federal University of Wales and contemplating teaching for their own degrees, for Wales. I sincerely hope that the University would all be teaching for the degrees of the where they have these powers in abeyance, as of Wales degree which we all, as members of University. This Utopia would be realised with well as for University of Wales degrees the Guild take pride in, will not be the one the successful completion of the merger I am concerned as Warden, that the degree to go under! I look forward to hearing between UWIC and the University of University of Wales degree is safeguarded. the views of the membership in due course. Glamorgan and with the admission to full Degrees of the University of Wales have been membership of the Associated institutions. awarded since 1893, and have become Since the last issue of Cap Cymru the Alas, that dream has been quickly established as international currency in the Treasurer of the Guild, Dr Gwyn Chambers shattered. The merger between UWIC and academic world. It would be nothing short of of Bangor has retired from office. May I Glamorgan stalled and then fell apart a tragedy to sacrifice all this now. It will take record the sincere gratitude of the Guild to completely. The University of Wales Cardiff years for a Swansea degree or a Bangor Gwyn for his sterling service over many years gave notice that it would withdraw from the degree to earn the international status of a and wish him and his wife well for the future. University of Wales and intended teaching for University of Wales degree, as it is taking We welcome Mr. Ken Richards of its own degrees from 2005. Its merger with years for City, Westminster, Guildhall, Aberystwyth as his successor. the University of Wales College of Medicine Greenwich, East London and Thames Valley would proceed, and in deference to that degrees to find equal acceptance alongside I should like to thank the Guild for its institution’s all-Wales role, degrees in London degrees, if they ever will. continued support for me and assure you all Medicine and allied areas would continue to that I will do my utmost to serve the interests be Wales degrees. Since 1992 there have As a Guild, we welcome the establishment of the Guild in the future. been two universities in Wales, - the by the university of a Working Group under University of Wales and the University of the Chairmanship of the Pro Chancellor, to Glamorgan. With effect from 2004 there will advise on the university’s future roles, Robert V Barnes be three universities in Wales, - the functions and structure and its future Warden A_W_Cap_Cymru_Haf_2004 27/7/04 11:33 am Page 3

Rhifyn 5 / Issue 5 Gorffennaf / July 2004 3 International Graduates celebrate On Friday 31 October all routes to Cardiff and the Senior Vice-Chancellor, Professor were busy, as recent graduates and Derec Llwyd Morgan. diplomates from schemes of study validated In his welcome message to the students, by the University of Wales made the journey Dr Lynn Williams emphasised the University’s to Wales to take part in a ceremony commitment to its international role, adding: celebrating their success. Students from “International links such as those clearly in twelve different countries, whose studies evidence in Cardiff today are of particular range from Law to Illustration, and from importance and are especially valued in our Financial Services to Environmental uncertain world.” Management Systems, were welcomed by the The celebratory mood was enhanced this chairman of the University’s Validation Board, year by the favourable report received Dr Peter Noyes. following an independent review of the During the colourful ceremony, held University’s validation and franchise activities. annually as an opportunity for University of This was commissioned by the University to Wales students from outside Wales to test the quality and robustness of the celebrate together, the graduates received the procedures in place. Unanimous comments congratulations of the Secretary General of received from the panel included praise for the University, Dr Lynn Williams, the Warden the quality and dedication of the staff of the of the Guild of Graduates, Mr Robert Barnes, Validation Unit.

Dr Peter Noyes yn annerch y seremoni Dr Peter Noyes addresses the ceremony

Graddedigion Rhyngwladol yn dathlu

Ddydd Gwener, 31 Hydref, roedd pob ffordd Derec Llwyd Morgan.Yn ei neges yn i mewn i Gaerdydd yn brysur, wrth i enillwyr croesawu’r myfyrwyr, pwysleisiodd Dr Lynn graddau a diplomáu ar gynlluniau a ddilyswyd Williams ymrwymiad y Brifysgol i’w rôl gan Brifysgol Cymru deithio yma i gymryd ryngwladol, gan ychwanegu: “Mae cysylltiadau rhan mewn seremoni i ddathlu eu llwyddiant. rhyngwladol fel y rhai sy’n amlwg yng Croesawyd myfyrwyr o ddeuddeg o wahanol Nghaerdydd heddiw yn bwysig iawn ac fe’u wledydd, yr oedd eu hastudiaethau yn gwerthfawrogir gymaint yn fwy yng nghyd- amrywio o’r Gyfraith i Ddylunio, ac o destun ein byd ansicr.” Wasanaethau Ariannol i Systemau Rheolaeth Roedd yr ymdeimlad o ddathlu yn fwy nag yr Amgylchedd, gan gadeirydd Bwrdd arfer eleni yn sgil yr adroddiad ffafriol a Dilysu’r Brifysgol, Dr Peter Noyes. dderbyniwyd yn dilyn adolygiad annibynnol o Yn ystod y seremoni liwgar, a gynhelir yn weithgareddau dilysu a rhyddfreinio’r flynyddol i roi cyfle i fyfyrwyr Prifysgol Cymru Brifysgol. Comisiynwyd yr adolygiad gan y y tu allan i Gymru gyd-ddathlu, cafodd y Brifysgol i brofi ansawdd a chadernid y drefn, graddedigion eu llongyfarch gan Ysgrifennydd ac ymhlith sylwadau unfryd y panel ‘roedd Cyffredinol y Brifysgol, Dr Lynn Williams, canmoliaeth i ansawdd ac ymroddiad staff yr Warden Urdd y Graddedigion, Mr Robert Uned Ddilysu. Barnes, a’r Is-Ganghellor Hyˆn, yr Athro Noddwyd gan Ede and Ravenscroft, darparwyr gynau i’r Brifysgol Sponsored by Ede and Ravenscroft, robe-makers to the University A_W_Cap_Cymru_Haf_2004 27/7/04 11:33 am Page 4

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“University of Wales breaking up?” No says Secretary General

To paraphrase Mark Twain, “news of the Cardiff, as opposed to a Wales, degree. But, sportsmen and women and show business death - or even the impending demise - of sad though these developments are, a celebrities, just as much as the University of the University of Wales is greatly connection will be maintained between the Wales. But it is important to look beyond exaggerated”. In fact, the opposite of the University and Cardiff. Provision has been the headlines and I hope that, in this brief picture painted in these sensationalist and made for Cardiff to be an Affiliated (Linked) article, I have been able to provide readers very misleading headlines is the case - the Institution of the University after secession with some insight into the reality of the University of Wales is moving on and actively and, because of the all-Wales role of the University’s present situation. evolving to meet the challenges of the future. College of Medicine, the merged Cardiff and Dafydd Iwan, musician, poet and now In last year’s edition of Cap Cymru, I UWCM will be enabled to continue to enrol leader of Plaid Cymru, who was awarded an reported on the various positive students onto University of Wales Honorary Degree of the University of Wales developments that had taken place during the undergraduate degree schemes in medicine, in April this year, wrote in one of his songs: previous year, including the elevation to full dentistry and related areas. “ry’n ni yma o hyd” (we’re still here). I firmly Constituent Institution status within the Largely as a result of these developments believe that the University - perhaps in a new University of UWIC and the University of in the relationship with Cardiff, the University guise and enjoying quite different Wales College, Newport and the decision to Council has established a Working Group, relationships with the institutions - will still admit four new institutions - North East under the Chairmanship of our new Pro- be here, as a key player in Welsh higher Wales Institute, Swansea Institute, Trinity Chancellor, Dafydd Wigley, to advise it on education, for many years to come. The College and the Royal Welsh College of the University’s future roles, functions and Working Group that is now engaged on its Music and Drama - into membership of the structure, and its future relationships with review of the University’s future has a vital University. During the past year, following the institutions. The terms of reference job to do in ensuring that I am proved right. on from these exciting advances: provide for the Working Group to conduct a As we await the outcome of the review, Professor Antony Chapman, Vice- fundamental review, and it is possible - the support of our graduates will continue to Chancellor of UWIC, has been unanimously indeed, likely - that the University will change be invaluable. If, as one of its alumni, you are elected to serve as the University’s next significantly as a result. proud of your association with the University Senior Vice-Chancellor, after Professor I and the other senior officers believe that of Wales, then do please say so - particularly Derec Llwyd Morgan’s retirement in change is both necessary and unavoidable and to anyone who might suggest that its future is September 2004; to reflect its new status that, rather than weaken the University, it unsure - and assure people that there is a within the University, Newport has recently will, in fact, help to ensure its survival as a new determination within the University to changed its name to the University of Wales, major force in Welsh higher education that evolve and to continue to play a vital role in Newport; and the amendments to the includes and can represent the whole of the higher education in Wales, in a way that fits Charter and Statutes necessary to give effect sector. The objective is to ensure that the in with the demands of the modern age. to the decision to expand the University’s University develops into the sort of membership have been lodged with the Privy institution to which all Welsh higher Council and we are hopeful that they will be education institutions, including Cardiff (and Lynn E Williams approved before the start of 2004/05. the University of Glamorgan), can belong and, University of Wales Secretary General Despite these significant forward steps, more important, of which they will want to some other, less welcome, developments be a part. To achieve this, we need to have recently led to speculation about the ensure that, even more than we do already, University’s future - hence the headlines we provide value for money and carry out shown above. In particular, the University of functions that will add value to end enhance Wales, Cardiff and the University of Wales the activities of the sector. College of Medicine (UWCM) will be merging It is perhaps not unnatural that some on 1 August this year under the formal title, people should perceive these developments “Cardiff University”. Because it is not as a threat rather than as an opportunity. As deemed to be possible, under the present the headlines shown above demonstrate, legal and policy framework, for an institution some journalists in particular have tended to that bears university title in its own right to reach for the sensationalist and simplistic be a part or a member of another university, headline rather than for the more mundane the new institution will have to withdraw and complex truth of the story. Journalistic from membership of the University of Wales. standards are what they are, of course, and Beginning in 2005, Cardiff will enrol students affect all walks of life - the government of the onto courses that will lead to the award of a day, other public bodies, politicians and our A_W_Cap_Cymru_Haf_2004 27/7/04 11:33 am Page 5

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Dr Dafydd Wigley, Dirprwy Ganghellor newydd y Brifysgol Dr Dafydd Wigley, the University’s new Pro-Chancellor “Sialens, nid chwalfa” medd yr Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol

I aralleirio Mark Twain, “mae’r newyddion am rhai trist, bydd cyswllt yn parhau rhwng y Ond mae’n bwysig i ni edrych y tu hwnt i’r farwolaeth – neu hyd yn oed y tebygolrwydd Brifysgol a Chaerdydd. Gwnaed darpariaeth i penawdau, ac rwy’n gobeithio, yn yr erthygl o farwolaeth – Prifysgol Cymru wedi ei Gaerdydd fod yn Sefydliad Cysylltiedig o’r fer hon, fy mod i wedi gallu rhoi rhywfaint o orliwio’n fawr”. Mewn gwirionedd, mae’r Brifysgol yn dilyn ei ymadawiad, ac oherwydd oleuni i’r darllenwyr ar wirionedd sefyllfa gwir yn hollol groes i’r llun a geir yn y rôl y Coleg Meddygaeth dros Gymru gyfan, bresennol y Brifysgol. penawdau hynod syfrdanol a chamarweiniol bydd Caerdydd a CMPC wedi’r uno yn cael Yn un o’i ganeuon, ysgrifennodd Dafydd hyn – mae Prifysgol Cymru yn symud ymlaen cofrestru myfyrwyr ar gynlluniau gradd Iwan, y cerddor, y bardd a bellach arweinydd ac yn esblygu’n weithredol i gwrdd â her y israddedig Prifysgol Cymru mewn Plaid Cymru, y dyfarnwyd iddo Radd er dyfodol. meddygaeth, deintyddiaeth a meysydd Anrhydedd gan Brifysgol Cymru ym mis Ebrill Yn rhifyn y llynedd o Cap Cymru, fe perthynol. eleni: “ry’n ni yma o hyd”. Rwy’n credu’n gryf adroddais am y datblygiadau cadarnhaol Yn bennaf o ganlyniad i’r datblygiadau hyn y bydd y Brifysgol – o bosibl mewn diwyg amrywiol a fu yn ystod y flwyddyn cynt, gan yn y berthynas â Chaerdydd, mae Cyngor y newydd ac mewn perthynas bur wahanol â’r gynnwys dyrchafu AthrofaPCCaerdydd a Brifysgol wedi sefydlu Gweithgor dan sefydliadau – yn dal i fod yma, yn chwaraewr Choleg Prifysgol Cymru Casnewydd yn Gadeiryddiaeth ein Dirprwy Ganghellor allweddol ym maes addysg uwch Cymru, am Sefydliadau Cyfansoddol llawn o fewn y newydd, Dafydd Wigley, i’w gynghori ar flynyddoedd i ddod. Mae gwaith hollbwysig Brifysgol, a’r penderfyniad i dderbyn pedwar swyddogaethau a strwythur y Brifysgol yn y gan y Gweithgor, sydd ar hyn o bryd yn sefydliad newydd – Athrofa Gogledd dyfodol, a’i pherthynas â’r sefydliadau yn y cynnal ei adolygiad o ddyfodol y Brifysgol, i’w Ddwyrain Cymru, Athrofa Abertawe, Coleg y dyfodol. Mae’r cylch gwaith yn cynnwys wneud er mwyn sicrhau y byddaf i’n cael fy Drindod a Choleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama cynnal adolygiad sylfaenol, ac mae’n bosibl – mhrofi’n gywir. Cymru – yn aelodau o’r Brifysgol. Yn ystod y yn wir yn debygol – y bydd y Brifysgol yn Wrth i ni aros am ganlyniad yr adolygiad, flwyddyn ddiwethaf, yn dilyn y cynnydd newid yn sylweddol o ganlyniad i hyn. bydd cefnogaeth ein graddedigion yn parhau i cyffrous hwn: etholwyd yr Athro Antony Yr wyf i a swyddogion hyˆn eraill yn credu fod yn amhrisiadwy. Os ydych chi, fel un o’i Chapman, Is-Ganghellor APCC yn Is- bod newid yn angenrheidiol ac yn anochel, ac graddedigion, yn falch o’ch cysylltiad â Ganghellor Hyˆn nesaf y Brifysgol, yn dilyn yn hytrach na gwanhau’r Brifysgol, fe fydd Phrifysgol Cymru, yna dywedwch hynny – yn ymddeoliad yr Athro Derec Llwyd Morgan mewn gwirionedd yn helpu i sicrhau ei arbennig os oes unrhyw un yn awgrymu fod ym mis Medi 2004; i adlewyrchu ei statws pharhad fel grym pwysig ym myd addysg ei dyfodol yn ansicr – a rhowch ar ddeall i newydd o fewn y Brifysgol, mae Casnewydd uwch yng Nghymru. Gall fod yn gorff a fydd eraill fod yna benderfyniad newydd o fewn y wedi newid ei enw yn ddiweddar i Prifysgol yn cynnwys yr holl sector addysg uwch, Brifysgol i esblygu a pharhau i chwarae rôl Cymru, Casnewydd; ac mae’r newidiadau i’r gyda’r gallu i’w gynrychioli. Y nod yw sicrhau hanfodol yn addysg uwch Cymru, mewn Siarter a’r Statudau sy’n angenrheidiol ar fod y Brifysgol yn datblygu’n sefydliad y gall ffordd sy’n gweddu i ofynion yr oes fodern. gyfer gweithredu’r penderfyniad i ehangu pob un o sefydliadau addysg uwch Cymru, aelodaeth y Brifysgol wedi eu cyflwyno i’r gan gynnwys Caerdydd (a Phrifysgol Lynn E Williams Cyfrin Gyngor a’r gobaith yw y byddant yn Morgannwg), berthyn iddo. Ac yn bwysicach Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol Prifysgol Cymru cael eu cymeradwyo cyn dechrau 2004/05. na dim -sefydliad y byddant yn dymuno bod Er gwaethaf y camau sylweddol hyn yn rhan ohono. I gyflawni hyn, rhaid i ni ymlaen, mae rhai datblygiadau eraill, y bu llai sicrhau, hyd yn oed yn fwy nag a wnawn ar o groeso iddynt, yn ddiweddar wedi golygu hyn o bryd, ein bod yn darparu gwerth am tipyn o ddyfalu ynglyˆn â dyfodol y Brifysgol – arian ac yn gweithredu swyddogaethau fydd gan arwain at y penawdau a welir uchod. Yn yn ychwanegu gwerth at weithgaredd y benodol, bydd Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd a sector ac yn ei wella. Choleg Meddygaeth Prifysgol Cymru (CMPC) Efallai nad yw’n annaturiol fod rhai pobl yn yn cyfuno ar 1 Awst eleni o dan y teitl gweld y datblygiadau yn fygythiad yn hytrach “Prifysgol Caerdydd”. Gan nad ystyrir ei fod nag yn gyfle. Fel y dengys y penawdau uchod, yn bosibl, o dan y fframwaith cyfreithiol a mae rhai newyddiadurwyr yn arbennig wedi pholisi presennol, i sefydliad sy’n dwyn teitl tueddu i estyn am y pennawd syfrdanol a prifysgol yn ei hawl ei hun i fod yn rhan neu simplistig, yn hytrach na gwirionedd y stori yn aelod o brifysgol arall, bydd rhaid i’r sy’n fwy technegol a chymhleth. Wrth reswm, sefydliad newydd roi’r gorau i fod yn aelod o rhaid derbyn bod safonau newyddiadurol fel y Brifysgol Cymru. Gan gychwyn yn 2005, bydd maent yn effeithio ar bob maes – llywodraeth Caerdydd yn cofrestru myfyrwyr ar gyrsiau y dydd, cyrff cyhoeddus eraill, gwleidyddion, fydd yn arwain at radd ‘Caerdydd’, yn hytrach pencampwyr chwaraeon ac enwogion byd Noddwyd gan Ede and Ravenscroft, darparwyr gynau i’r Brifysgol na Chymru. Ond er fod y datblygiadau hyn yn adloniant, lawn cymaint â Phrifysgol Cymru. Sponsored by Ede and Ravenscroft, robe-makers to the University A_W_Cap_Cymru_Haf_2004 27/7/04 11:34 am Page 6

6 Rhifyn 5 / Issue 5 Gorffennaf / July 2004 Our new Senior Vice-Chancellor

Professor A J (Tony) Chapman (head of opportunity to work with the other Vice- the University of Wales Institute Cardiff chancellors to take the University forward, – UWIC) is the University’s new Senior under the Pro-Chancellorship of Dafydd Vice-Chancellor; he takes over from Wigley. There is a view amongst us all that Professor Derec Llwyd Morgan in the process of change that has been September. Professor Chapman underway for some time has to be introduces himself to readers of Cap accelerated in the months and years just Cymru … ahead, to ensure that the University becomes an even more valuable resource to its The University is one of very few truly institutional and student members. national institutions in Wales, and it occupies I know that there is a crop of professional, a special place in the heart of the nation and dedicated and single-minded people now in in my own heart. I am not just honoured but place among the member institutions who absolutely delighted to have been appointed are applying new thinking to the future of its Senior-Vice-Chancellor, having been the University. I am immensely looking privileged to (re-)join the University as the forward to working with them and to UWIC Principal/Vice-Chancellor in 1998 and harnessing the determination that now having enormously enjoyed life in the exists to drive, ever upwards, the quality, University, as an academic psychologist, some standing and usefulness of Wales’ years earlier. That was in the University of national university. Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST), before it joined with University College Cardiff (now Cardiff University). Between UWIST (1971-83) and UWIC I was Neges gan yr Is-Ganghellor Hyˆn at the University of Leeds, joining as Professor of Psychology in 1983, later Yr Athro AJ (Tony) Chapman (pennaeth Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru Caerdydd) yw Is- becoming Dean of Science and then Pro-Vice- Ganghellor Hyˆn newydd y Brifysgol. Mae’n olynu’r Athro Derec Llwyd Morgan ym mis Chancellor. Notwithstanding most of my Medi eleni. Mae’r Athro Chapman yn cyflwyno ei hun i ddarllenwyr Cap Cymru … adult life having been in Cardiff, I still regard myself as a ‘West Walian’, my family having Y Brifysgol yw un o’r ychydig sefydliadau gwir genedlaethol yng Nghymru, ac y mae ganddi le moved to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, arbennig yng nghalon y genedl ac yn fy nghalon i. Nid dim ond anrhydedd yw cael fy mhenodi’n when I was ‘a toddler’. Is-Ganghellor Hyˆn, mae hefyd i mi yn bleser pur - a minnau wedi cael y fraint o ail-ymuno â’r The months and years just ahead will Brifysgol fel Prifathro/Is-Ganghellor UWIC yn 1998 ar ôl mwynhau bywyd yma rai blynyddoedd prove to be crucial in the evolution of the ynghynt, fel seicolegydd academaidd. Roedd hynny yn Athrofa Gwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg y University, and I am looking forward to Brifysgol (UWIST) cyn i’r sefydliad hwnnw ymuno â Phrifysgol Cymru Caerdydd (sydd bellach playing a lead-role in the process of creating yn ‘Brifysgol Caerdydd’). Rhwng UWIST (1971-83) ac UWIC ‘roeddwn ym Mhrifysgol Leeds, fresh opportunities for development. Mine is gan ddechrau fel Athro Seicoleg yn 1983 ac yna’n Ddeon y Gwyddorau ac yn Ddirprwy Is- a deep commitment to the University: it is Ganghellor. Ond er i mi dreulio’r rhan fwyaf o fy mywyd fel oedolyn yng Nghaerdydd, rwy’n one of the chief reasons for my returning to dal i ystyried fy hun yn un o’r Gorllewin, gan fod fy nheulu wedi symud i Aberdaugleddau, Sir Wales in recent years. I hope that I can bring Benfro pan oeddwn yn ‘grwtyn’. a mix of appropriate perspectives to the SVC Fe fydd y misoedd a’r blynyddoedd sydd o’n blaen yn dyngedfennol yn natblygiad y Brifysgol, role, from my position as a Vice-Chancellor ac rwy’n edrych ymlaen at chwarae rhan arweiniol yn y broses o greu cyfleoedd newydd ar of one of the newer constituent members, gyfer datblygiad. Mae gen i ymrwymiad dwfn i’r Brifysgol: hi oedd un o’r prif resymau pam y but having so recently been a key member of gwnes i ddychwelyd i Gymru yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf. Rwy’n gobeithio y galla’ i gyfrannu i fy the leadership of a large, traditional university swyddogaeth fel Is-Ganghellor Hyˆn o’m profiad fel pennaeth un o’r sefydliadau newydd, a hefyd – Leeds being a founder member of the fel un a fu’n aelod o dîm llywio prifysgol draddodiadol fawr – yr oedd Leeds yn un o sylfaenwyr ‘Russell Group’ of research-led UK ‘Grwp Russell’ o brifysgolion ym Mhrydain â phwyslais arbennig ar ymchwil. universities. Pe na bai Prifysgol Cymru yn bod, fe fyddai heddiw yn adeg briodol i ddyfeisio sefydliad o’r If it did not already exist, now would be a fath. Yn yr hinsawdd bresennol, rhoddir anogaeth glir yng Nghymru i gydweithio a chydgysylltu good time to invent a university of Wales. er mwyn hybu addysg ac ymchwil o’r radd flaenaf, ac y mae’r Brifysgol yn cynnig fframwaith We are living in a climate where delfrydol ar gyfer sicrhau bod sefydliadau Cymru ar flaen y gad yn y datblygiadau hyn. collaboration and joined-up thinking, so Rwy’n neilltuol falch o’r cyfle i gydweithio â’r Is-Gangellorion eraill a’r Dirprwy Ganghellor essential for top-quality teaching and Dafydd Wigley. Y farn gyffredinol yw fod yn rhaid cyflymu’r broses o newidiadau dros y research, is being actively encouraged in misoedd a’r blynyddoedd sydd o’r blaen, i sicrhau bod y Brifysgol yn tyfu i fod o werth Wales and far beyond, and the University cynyddol i’r sefydliadau ac i’n myfyrwyr. provides an ideal framework for ensuring that Mi wn fod sawl un – pobl broffesiynol, ymroddedig a phendant eu barn - o fewn y Welsh universities are at the cutting-edge of sefydliadau sy’n datblygu syniadau newydd ar gyfer dyfodol y Brifysgol. Rwy’n edrych ymlaen yn developments. fawr at gydweithio â nhw ac at harneisio’r penderfyniad sy’n bod i hyrwyddo ansawdd, bri a I am immensely proud to be given the defnyddioldeb prifysgol genedlaethol Cymru. A_W_Cap_Cymru_Haf_2004 27/7/04 11:34 am Page 7

Rhifyn 5 / Issue 5 Gorffennaf / July 2004 7 Er Anrhydedd Honoris Causa Cyflwynwyd gradd Doethur gan y Brifysgol i’r canlynol eleni, mewn Honorary doctorates were awarded this year to: seremoni yng Nghaerdydd ar 17 Ebrill: Yr Athro Richard Goldstone (LLD) Professor Richard Goldstone (LLD) – Justice i gydnabod ei gyfraniad i gyfiawnder ar raddfa ryngwladol. Mae’n Ustus of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, in yn Llys Cyfansoddiadol De Affrig, a bu’n gadeirydd Comisiwn ar drais recognition of his contribution to international a bygwth ym mywyd cyhoeddus y wlad yn ystod cyfnod y trawsnewid justice. He chaired the Commission of Inquiry into o apartheid i ddemocratiaeth. Bu hefyd yn Brif Erlynydd yn Public Violence and Intimidation during the period Nhribiwnlysoedd y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Iwgoslafia a Rwanda, a of transition from apartheid to democracy. He has chadeiriodd yr Ymholiad Rhngwladol ar Kosovo, ac ymchwiliad also served as Chief Prosecutor of the United Cymdeithas Ryngwladol y Bargyfreithwyr ar frawychaeth. Nations Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Dafydd Iwan (LLD), a raddiodd mewn pensaerniaeth ac a Rwanda, as chair of the International Inquiry on Kosovo, and of the wasanaethodd Cymru fel arweinydd ac ymgyrchydd dros y Gymraeg, International Bar Association’s Task Force on Terrorism. fel bardd a chanwr poblogaidd, gwr busnes a chyd-sylfaenydd Cwmni Recordiau Sain, gwleidydd, cynghorydd sir, a Llywydd Plaid Cymru ar Dafydd Iwan (LLD) – campaigner and leader, hyn o bryd. businessman and joint founder of Sain Recording Company. Singer, poet, Syr Richard Lloyd Jones (LLD), cyn- politician, county councillor and current President of Plaid Cymru/The Ysgrifennydd Parhaol y Swyddfa Gymreig, i Party of Wales. gydnabod ei gyfraniad i fywyd cyhoeddus Sir Richard Lloyd Jones (LLD) – former Permanent Secretary of the Cymru. Welsh Office, in recognition of his contribution to Welsh public life. Yr Athro Emeritus Emeritus Professor Gwilym H Jones (DLitt) – theological Gwilym H Jones (DLitt) – scholar, former Head of Biblical Studies at University of Wales, ysgolhaig diwinyddol, cyn- Bangor, and director of revised edition of the Welsh Bible which Bennaeth Astudiaethau Beiblaidd ym Mhrifysgol was published on St David’s Day this year. Cymru, Bangor, a chyfarwyddwr argraffiad Morfydd Owen (DLitt) – eminent scholar in medieval Welsh diwygiedig y Beibl Cymraeg a gyhoeddwyd Ddydd studies, former lecturer at the Welsh Department of UW Cardiff Gwyl Dewi eleni. and senior researcher at the University’s Centre for Advanced Morfydd Owen (DLitt) Welsh and Celtic Studies. – ysgolhaig blaenllaw Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach (DSc mewn astudiaethau Econ) – former Professor of Banking and Cymraeg y canol-oesoedd, cyn-ddarlithydd yn Finance at City University, London, Adran Gymraeg PC Caerdydd ac uwch- Governor of the Bank of England, and ymchwilydd yng Nghanolfan Uwchefrydiau political adviser, and latterly vice-chairman Cymreig a Cheltaidd y Brifysgol. of corporate financial advisors Goldman Yr Arglwydd Griffiths o Fforestfach (DSc Sachs. Econ), cyn-Athro mewn Bancio a Chyllid ym Mhrifysgol Dinas Llundain, Llywodraethwr Sir David Rowe-Beddoe (DSc Econ) – Banc Lloegr, cynghorwr politicaidd, ac wedi hynny’n is-gadeirydd businessman, former head of the Welsh Goldman Sachs, cynghorwyr cyllidol. Development Agency and currently Syr David Rowe-Beddoe (DSc Econ) – cyn-bennaeth Awdurdod Chairman of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Datblygu Cymru, sydd ar hyn o bryd yn Gadeirydd Coleg Brenhinol Wales Millennium Centre, who was awarded the degree in recognition Cerdd a Drama Cymru a Chanolfan Mileniwm Cymru. Dyfarnwyd of his public services to Wales. doethuriaeth iddo i gydnabod ei gyfraniad i fywyd cyhoeddus Cymru. Cyflwynwyd graddau er anrhydedd hefyd eleni i’r dramodydd Honorary degrees have also been awarded this year to Olympic Meic Povey (MA), y cerddor John S Davies (MMus), yr athletwr athlete Colin Jackson (MSc), musician John S Davies (MMus), the Colin Jackson (MSc), ac i’r Chwaer Eluned Williams dramatist Meic Povey (MA) and to Sister Eluned Williams (MSc Econ), D Anthony Small (MMus) a John Osmond (MA). (MSc Econ), D Anthony Small (MMus) and John Osmond (MA).

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YSGOLORIAETHAU GRANTIAU CYHOEDDI URDD Y GRADDEDIGION Mae’r Urdd hefyd yn cynnig grantiau i Swyn hyrwyddo cyhoeddi cyfrolau o waith Mae Urdd y Graddedigion yn dyfarnu graddedigion y Brifysgol. Bydd ymgeiswyr ysgoloriaethau i aelodau sy’n chwilio am yn cyflwyno braslun o’r cyhoeddiad “Y Llythyr” gymorth ar gyfer gweithgarwch ymchwil. ynghyd â ‘chynllun busnes’sy’n nodi’r Ni osodir unrhyw amodau caeth, ond trefniadau cyhoeddi – cost argraffu, nifer Mae Adran ieuengaf Urdd y mae disgwyl i’r gwaith a gefnogir fod yn y cyfrolau a gynhyrchir, incwm tebygol Graddedigion wrthi’n ystyried ymwneud â phwnc sy’n cael ei astudio o a’r gwerthiant, ynghyd ag unrhyw arwyddocad y llythyr fel ffurf lenyddol a fewn i Brifysgol Cymru. Nid diben yr ffynonellau eraill o incwm. Fel arfer bydd chofnod hanesyddol. Cynhaliodd Adran ysgoloriaethau hyn yw cynorthwyo y grant a roddir gan yr Urdd rhwng £300 Astudiaethau’r Ddeunawfed a’r myfyrwyr sy’n astudio am radd uwch, er a £500. Rhestrir isod y cyfrolau a Bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg y gall y gwaith fod yn gysylltedig â maes dderbyniodd gymorth yr Urdd er 1999. gynhadledd undydd lwyddiannus yng arbenigol y mae’r ymgeisydd eisoes wedi Ngregynog ddechrau Gorffennaf, pan ennill gradd ynddo. Mae’r meysydd a PUBLICATIONS GRANTS gafwyd cyflwyniadau gan Dr Eryn White noddwyd gan yr Urdd o’r gronfa dros y The Guild also offers grants to assist (Adran Hanes a Hanes Cymru, PC blynyddoedd diwethaf yn amrywio’n with the publication of works by Aberystwyth) ar lythyron y fawr, fel y dengys y rhestr hon. graduates of the University. Applicants Methodistiaid – gyda phwyslais ar submit an outline of the proposed Drefecca ac ar lythyron gan ferched, a publication, with a ‘business plan’ GUILD SCHOLARSHIPS Tegwyn Jones ar y ‘Morusiaid’ ac yn indicating the publishing arrangements – arbennig Sion Owen ac Edward Hughes The Guild of Graduates awards printing costs, print-run, targeted income a fu’n cydweithio â Lewis Morris yng scholarships to members who are from sales, and any other sources of Ngheredigion. seeking assistance with their research income. The Guild normally awards activities. There are no stringent rules, grants of between £300 and £500. Bu Cathryn Charnell White yn ymdrin but it is expected that projects Publications supported since 1999 are â’r llythyr fel ffurf lenyddol, ac yn supported will relate broadly to subjects listed below. arbennig am lythyron o waith Lewis studied within the University of Wales. Morris, Williams Pantycelyn a Iolo These scholarships are not aimed at Dr Jane Cartwright Morgannwg rhwng y byw a’r marw. supporting students who are studying for 2003 Ymosodiadau Syr John Rhys ar y beirdd Feminine Sanctity and Spirituality in Medieval oedd pwnc trafod yr Athro Hywel Teifi higher degrees, though the work may be Wales related to a specialist field in which the Edwards, ac ymateb y beirdd iddo trwy applicant has already gained a degree. Dr Roger Turvey lythyron yn y wasg. A bu Huw Walters 2003 The fields of study supported by the yn ymdrin â llythyron yn y ‘Gwladgarwr’ The Treason and Trial of Sir John Perrot Guild from this fund in recent years vary yn adrodd profiadau Cymry oedd wedi enormously, as can be seen from this Gareth Elwyn Jones & Gordon Wynne ymfudo i’r byd newydd yn ystod y 19edd Roderick (through University of Wales Press) ganrif. list. 2002 A History Education in Wales Trefnwyd y gynhadledd gan ysgrifennydd William Linnard yr Adran, Dr Cynfael Lake. Bui Minh Giap 2002 2004 Welsh Clocks and Clockmakers: a history of Public-Private Partnership in Utility Financing clockmaking in Wales from Medieval times to in Developing Countries and Policy end of 19th century “The Letter” Implications for Vietnam P H G Harries 2002 in Literature Bui Minh Giap Educating Miners 2000 Hywel Gwyn Evans and History Rural Banking Strategies for the Socialist 2002 The importance of “the letter” as a Republic of Vietnam Pum Ysgol literary form and its historical Ifan Williams significance was the subject of a Dr William Gibson 2001 successful one-day conference at 1999 ‘Chinese Export Watercolours’ Gregynog by the Guild’s newest Section, Correspondence of William Warburton whose interest is in Eighteenth and Aled Lloyd Davies Nineteenth Century Studies in Wales. 1999 Thomas Jonathan Rex Morgan Canrif o Gân (Cyfrol 1) 1998 Datblygiad Cerdd Dant ym Meirionnydd, Businessmen and Women of Welsh Origin Dinbych a’r Fflint 1881-1998 Dafydd Wyn Williams Vanessa Margaret Field 1999 1997 Cofiant Richard Morris 1702/3-79 ‘Vincent’ Correspondence Project A_W_Cap_Cymru_Haf_2004 27/7/04 11:34 am Page 9

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Guild Branch Activity Canmlwyddiant Waldo Several branches of the Guild of Graduates have been active this year, with a varied programme of Roedd Waldo Williams yn un o waith Waldo â delweddau grymus y lectures and events. The Carmarthen branch has raddedigion y Brifysgol ac yn un o ffotograffydd Aled Rhys Hughes. Mae’r commemorated the 50th anniversary of Dylan lenorion mwyaf nodedig yr ugeinfed delweddau hynny, a’r ddeialog Thomas’s death by a lecture on his work and influence by Professor M Wynn Thomas, Swansea. ganrif. Bu’n fyfyriwr yn Aberystwyth yn rhyngddynt a’r dyfyniadau, yn A lecture in Welsh by the Rev. Towyn Jones gave ystod cyfnod o fwrlwm a deffroad ym dramateiddio cymhlethdod gweledigaeth a portrayal of Elizabeth Hills-Johnes of Dolaucothi, mywyd Cymraeg y Coleg yn y dau- un o lenorion mawr yr ugeinfed ganrif and the annual science lecture on Education for ddegau – cyfnod Gwenallt, Iorwerth yn Gymraeg. Health Care was delivered by Professor Anne Peate, Cassie Davies, Idwal Jones a sawl Teitl ei ddarlith i’r Urdd ar 4 Medi Borsay of UW Swansea. The Elwyn Thomas un arall a wnaeth gyfraniad mawr i fywyd yw‘ “Sea of Light / Dark Land”: memorial lecture was by the Rev. Dr William Strange, on the subject ‘What did the first a diwylliant Cymru. Priodol felly, yn yr Imaging Waldo Williams’ Christians read?’ union fis y byddwn yn nodi Dr John Hywel gave a lecture to the Bangor canmlwyddiant ei eni, mai Waldo fydd branch on William Mathias, composer and testun y ddarlith yng Nghyfarfod formerly Professor of Music at UW Bangor. The Blynyddol Urdd y Graddedigion, ar 4 Swansea branch was addressed by Professor Jean Edwards FRS in May this year on the subject of Medi yn Llanbed. the National Botanical Gardens of Wales. Y darlithydd fydd Dr Damian Walford Davies, sy’n Uwch-ddarlithydd yn Adran Cardiff Association of Past Saesneg Aberystwyth – yr adran lle Students graddiodd Waldo yn 1926. Dr Davies yw The Cardiff Association of Past Students has an golygydd y gyfrol “Waldo Williams: annual programme of social functions which all those who have graduated through Cardiff Rhyddiaith” a gyhoeddwyd gan Wasg University are invited to support. Events include a Prifysgol Cymru (2001) ac sy’n cynnwys social reunion and AGM in February, an annual ei holl weithiau cyhoeddedig ynghyd â dinner (March), a golf tournament for the detholiad o’i lythyrau a’i lawysgrifau. Hardwicke Cup in April or May, and a summer Mae newydd olygu cyfrol amlgyfryngol party in July. yn dwyn y teitl Waldo Williams: Môr Details can be obtained from the secretary, Miss Jane Morris, tel:029 20 753685; Goleuni / Tir Tywyll (Gwasg Gomer). Cyfrol e-mail: [email protected]

hudol, heriol sy’n cyfosod dyfyniadau o Hawlfraintcopyright: / Celfyddydau Cymru Cyngor A Centenary tribute

Dr Damian Walford Davies of Williams went on to become one of the alongside powerful, newly commissioned Aberystwyth will deliver the annual most significant Welsh-language poets of images by photographer Aled Rhys lecture at the Guild’s AGM on 4 the twentieth century. He also made an Hughes. These images, together with the September, at Lampeter on the poet important contribution to the literature challenging interplay and dialogue Waldo Williams who was born almost of Wales in English in his translations of between them and the text, succeed in exactly 100 years ago. Waldo Williams Welsh works including “The Old dramatising the complexities of Waldo was a student at Aberystwyth from 1923 Farmhouse” – the autobiographical novel Williams’s vision. to 1927 and his stay there coincided of his friend and fellow Aber graduate, D The title of his lecture/ with that of several others who went on J Williams. presentation to the Guild on 4 to make a major contribution to the life This year’s lecturer, Damian Walford September is ‘ “Sea of Light / Dark of Wales, including the poet D Gwenallt Davies is the author of “Presences that Land”: Imaging Waldo Williams’. Jones, and Iorwerth Peate who became Disturb: Models of Romantic Identity in the founder and curator of the Welsh the Literature and Culture of the 1790’s” Folk Museum and St Fagans. The official (University of Wales Press) and has history of Aberystwyth, by E L Ellis edited “Echoes to the Amen: Essays after alludes to the increasing awareness by R S Thomas”. He is joint author of this generation of students after World “Saints and Stones: Guide to the Pilgrim War I of the place of Welsh in the life of Ways of Pembrokeshire” (Gomer). Of the College and mentions a call by particular relevance to his lecture to the Waldo Williams “on his fellow students Guild is his scholarly volume in Welsh to decide, once and for all, whether on the prose works of Waldo Williams Aberystwyth was to be a genuine part of (UWP), which he edited in 2001. ‘the national university of Wales’ or a He recently edited the volume Waldo mere appendage to the English provincial Williams: Môr Goleuni / Tir Tywyll (Waldo university system”. Plus ça change …….. Williams: Sea of Light / Dark Land; Gwasg that debate continues! Gomer). This striking book sets Noddwyd gan Ede and Ravenscroft, darparwyr gynau i’r Brifysgol Having graduated in English, Waldo quotations from Waldo Williams’s work Sponsored by Ede and Ravenscroft, robe-makers to the University A_W_Cap_Cymru_Haf_2004 27/7/04 11:34 am Page 10

10 Rhifyn 5 / Issue 5 Gorffennaf / July 2004 Financing Higher Education in Wales by Ken Richards In the first week of July this year the Higher redistribution of resources from poorer no university in Wales will be worse off Education Bill received the Royal Assent households to richer households.” 1 because of its inability to charge top-up fees, opening a new chapter in the financing of Support for what many would regard as a the Rees Commission will have to calculate Higher Education (HE) in England and Wales. socially unjust solution seems very odd how much this compensation will be, which is The legislation allows English universities to indeed. Furthermore it seems that most of going to be no small task. Secondly, there levy variable fees - up to £3000 a year- on the opposition revolved around the issue of may be important effects on the application students entering HE in the academic year variability, poorer students having to choose process. If it becomes generally known that 2006-07 and devolves to the Welsh Assembly cheaper courses; in reality it appears that they will be able to get equivalent powers over student support and policies in most if not all universities are intent on qualifications in Wales at a much lower cost respect of tuition fees in Welsh universities. charging the maximum amount of £3000 a than in England, Welsh students might decide In the teeth of fierce opposition from its year, thus eliminating any element of to apply to Cardiff or Aberystwyth say rather own backbenchers and many Liberal variability. than Kent or Exeter. More seriously there Democrats, the Labour government made Whatever the merits of the argument, might be a significant influx of students from sufficient concessions to its proposals to get top-up or variable fees are now going to be England applying to Welsh universities with a through the vote introducing the bill in introduced in England from 2006-07, although possibility of ‘crowding out’ Welsh students. January 2003, albeit with a very small the Welsh Assembly Government announced The ‘nightmare scenario’ couples this with an majority. It is interesting to note that the that it would not do so in that year but that exodus of staff to better-paid jobs in English Conservative opposition, some would say it would recall the Rees Committee which universities. The Rees Committee has a shamelessly opportunistically, had proposed reported on student hardship and finance in difficult task indeed. that if it came to power it would abolish all Wales in June 2001 to advise the Assembly fees and finance HE entirely through taxation. on the issue of variable fees from 2007-08 Ken Richards is a member of the Commission on It might be salutary if those socialist MP’s onward. The new committee ( REES II as it Student Funding in Wales, chaired by Professor who opposed the proposals outlined in the has been dubbed) includes members of the Teresa Rees. He is also Hon.Treasurer of the White Paper on HE took note of a study by original group plus a number of other Guild of Graduates. the highly respected Institute for Fiscal distinguished members. Studies of these proposals, contrasting them Whatever is eventually decided for 2007-8 1 ‘Study Now, Pay Later’ or ‘HE for Free’, with those of the opposition. It concluded: and beyond, the year 2006-07 provides Institute of Fiscal Studies Commentary 94 , June “Deciding to provide ‘HE for free’ rather particularly demanding challenges. Firstly, as 2003 than to ‘study now, pay later’ will result in a the Assembly Government has promised that

debt upon graduation from approximately Commision has been reconvened by Jane Funding and Fees – £16,000 currently to around £30,000. Davidson to look at the issue of student The Government argues that this level of funding within Wales. The issue is somewhat a Student’s debt is acceptable, given that students who complicated by the fact that Welsh graduate will earn significantly more over the universities – including constituent Perspective course of their lifetime than those who do institutions of the University of Wales - not attend university. However, the fact cannot afford to lose out financially compared Over the past year top-up fees and university remains that in order to develop universities to those in England who are able to charge funding have never been far from the pages of and ensure that the agenda of widening the fees allowed by the Higher Education Act. the newspapers, with the Government access is made possible, universities will Yet at the same time, I hope, the Commision introducing new legislation to set out the obviously need lecturers. In order for us to and the Assembly cannot overlook the future of University funding, and students’ be able to have lecturers, it is necessary to impact of higher fees on students within contribution to it. As a graduating student, I have students who will embark upon Wales. As students in Wales we are share the concern that many students have postgraduate study to gain the skills and the fortunate to have a second bite, so to speak, about the Government’s legislation. The academic expertise to enable them to teach and we wholeheartedly hope that the Government argues that its new plans give the students of the future. Unfortunately the Assembly Government will find a fairer universities the option of reducing fees below idea of amassing more debt from staying on balance between the needs of universities and the current levels, as well as raising them to a as a student is acting as a deterrent to those the threat of debt to students. limit of £3000. Many readers of Cap Cymru who might have considered postgraduate will be acutely aware, however, that the study. Indeed one student I know has had to David Chester finiancal situation that most- if not all - abandon his PhD after two years since he no universities find themselves in does not longer had enough money to support himself. David Chester has graduated this year in provide much leeway for reducing the fees This is deeply unfortunate, given that we are Computer Science from UW Swansea, where he below the current level. Indeed, I am given to moving into what has been referred to as a is also the students’Academic Affairs Officer. He understand that many universities are basing knowledge based economy, and we as a has also served as NUS Wales Higher Education their financial projections on the assumption country need to produce researchers and Officer, and for 2004-05 he will chair of the that they can charge the maximum fees for lecturers of the highest calibre. Hence I fear Organisation of Students and serve on the NUS almost all, if not all, their courses. Whilst the that the threat of further debt will dissuade Wales Executive. idea of deferring fee payment to after some of those who would help us realise this graduation will help some students, goal. nevertheless it will raise the average student’s As many of you will be aware, the Rees A_W_Cap_Cymru_Haf_2004 27/7/04 11:34 am Page 11

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A word from the Editor Gair gan y Golygydd In 1976, the Guild of Graduates published a Os digwyddaf sôn wrth rywun fy mod yn volume listing all those who had been awarded berchen ar fath arbennig o gar, yn byw mewn University of Wales degrees, from the very pentre ger y môr, yn canu mewn côr meibion beginning up to that date. The volume neu’n gefnogwr i glwb rygbi Llanelli, fe fydd amounts to almost 500 pages, with each page hynny’n aml yn ddigon i brocio sgwrs fywiog. listing approximately 140 in small print. That Ond pan ddwedaf ‘mod i’n swyddog o Urdd y Penodiad Hanesyddol total of around 70,000 graduates has by now Graddedigion, fe allaf weld ‘nawr y cwmwl yn become but a small proportion of those who disgyn dros y llygaid. Rhywbeth fel ‘na yw yr Penodwyd Dr Catrin Hughes yn have crossed platforms and doffed their caps Urdd – mae cannoedd o filoedd bellach yn Gofrestrydd ac Ysgrifennydd newydd at graduation ceremonies – not forgetting aelodau ohoni heb hyd yn oed sylweddoli Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth. A hithau’n those who have chosen to receive their hynny. Go brin bod neb erioed, wrth ymgeisio hannu o Gwm Gwendraeth ac yn degrees in absentia. With the vast growth in am swydd, wedi nodi “aelod o Urdd y gynfyfyrwraig o Aber, lle graddiodd ac ennill student numbers over recent decades, and the Graddedigion” ar ei c.v. gradd PhD mewn Daearyddiaeth, fe fu ers extension of the University of Wales degree Ac eto, dyma â wnawn pan fyddwn yn rhai blynyddoedd yn Gofrestrydd to more institutions, the total number of arddel bod gennym radd o Brifysgol Cymru. Academaidd PC Bangor. Cyn hynny, bu’n those graduating annually has risen to around Ac i lawer ohonom testun balchder yw bod y 18,000 this year alone. radd a gawsom yn dwyn enw’r genedl. aelod o staff weinyddol PC Llanbedr Pont Volume and numbers are not the only Pan sefydlwyd Comisiwn, ddeugain mlynedd Steffan. Dyma’r tro cyntaf i ferch gael ei consideration in determining the impact of the yn ôl, i ystyried dyfodol y brifysgol ffederal, un phenodi’n brif swyddog gweinyddol yn un o “Wales” degree, but we cannot but feel a o’r dadleuon cryfaf dros ei pharhad oedd ein sefydliadau Prifysgol Cymru. Bydd yn sense of confidence in knowing that, as bod yn brin iawn o sefydliadau cenedlaethol, a olynu’r Athro sydd wedi ei graduates, we bear and represent a “brand” bod Prifysgol Cymru yn un o sumbolau prin benodi’n Is-Ganghellor a Phrifathro that is recognised and highly regarded ein cenedligrwydd. Edrychid ar Lys y Brifysgol Aberystwyth o ddechrau Medi. internationally. It is only a matter of years fel math o Senedd yn niffyg unrhyw gorff before some celebrated student should democrataidd cenedlaethol. Erbyn heddiw become our millionth listed graduate. Surely, mae’r ddadl honno, ym marn rhai, wedi ei A ‘First’ for Wales this cannot but be a matter of pride and throi ar ei phen. Bellach mae gennym senedd Dr Catrin Hughes has been appointed aspiration not only for the federal University o fath – y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol, mae Registrar and Secretary of the University of but for the constituent institutions that enrol, gennym Ddeddf yr Iaith Gymraeg, ac mae mwy Wales Aberystwyth to succeed Professor teach and present students for degrees. It is o hyder nag y bu yn ein hunaniaeth fel Cymry. with that sense of confidence and trust that Felly does dim angen Prifysgol Cymru i esgus Noel Lloyd who takes over as new HE institutions have joined the ranks of bod yn sefydliad dros fuddiannau’r genedl – a Aberystwyth’s Vice-Chancellor and the University over the past decade, and the chymharol ychydig a wnaeth hi beth bynnag, Principal in September. Dr Hughes is a Guild extends its warmest welcome and good ym marn rhai, i deilyngu cael ei galw’n former Aber student, where she graduated wishes to Professor Tony Chapman, head of sefydliad genedlaethol Cymreig. and completed her PhD in Geography one of those new institutions, as he takes over Ond tybed? Mae’n wir bod sefydliadau before taking up an administrative post in the role of Senior Vice-Chancellor. addysg uwch yn gyffredinol wedi gorfod UW Lampeter. She moves back to Both the Warden of the Guild and the ehangu drwy rymoedd y farchnad – mae Aberystwyth after several years’ experience University’s Secretary General in this issue myfyrwyr yn rhydd i ddod iddynt o bobman. as Academic Registrar at UW Bangor. This outline the threats and challenges that face the Ac y mae’r un rhyddid gan fechgyn a merched is the first time in the history of the University as the nation’s pre-eminent degree Cymru i fynd ble mynnont i gael eu haddysg awarding body. There will be debates over the prifysgol. Ond y mae’r ymwybyddiaeth o University of Wales that a woman has been coming months, and years no doubt, within “swyddogaeth genedlaethol i Gymru” yn aros, appointed chief administrative officer of a the corridors of academia. With all due nid dim ond yn adrannau Cymraeg y constituent institution. respect to our Vice-Chancellors, members of sefydliadau a thrwy’r rhaglen o ddysgu drwy’r governing bodies, academic staff, Gymraeg. Elfen ddiddorol yn yr uno sydd ar administrators – and those politicians and fin digwydd rhwng “Prifysgol Caerdydd” a Cynulliad yn pwyso am gydweithio ar draws y mandarins who will be seeking to influence or Choleg Meddygaeth Prifysgol Cymru yw y sector Addysg Uwch ac yn cynnig cymhellion determine the future of the University – our bydd graddau meddygaeth a deintyddiaeth yn ariannol i’r perwyl hwnnw, yw’r union adeg i innumerable graduates also have a legitimate parhau i gael eu cyflwyno gan Brifysgol Cymru. Brifysgol Cymru sefydlu a chyhoeddi ei lle voice in the debate. Those members of the Pam? Gan fod gan y Coleg Meddygaeth rôl canolog yn y broses. Rydym yn hyderus mai i’r Guild who feel strongly that the “Wales” tag genedlaethol i Gymru gyfan, drwy ei chysylltiad cyfeiriad hwnnw y bydd y Dirprwy Ganghellor that comes with their degrees is worth â’r Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol drwy Gymru. Dafydd Wigley am ein tywys. A gallwn ni, y llu something, and should be retained for the Fe ddylai pob un o’n sefydliadau addysg uwch graddedigion ar hyd ac ar led y wlad a benefit of future generations of students fod yn ymwybod â’u rôl genedlaethol – heb thramor, hyrwyddo’r nod drwy leisio ein throughout Wales, are invited – indeed hefyd esgeuluso’r nod o feithrin cysylltiadau ac cefnogaeth a’n dadleuon o blaid gwerth encouraged – to articulate their views over ennill bri rhyngwladol. Ac os yw glynu at radd parhaus Prifysgol Cymru. the coming weeks or months. “Cymru” yn sumbol o gyfrifoldeb gwladol y There are ample reasons why the national Coleg Meddygaeth, siawns na ddylai cyflwyno university should develop and flourish both as graddau o’r un enw fod yn atgof parhaus i’r a degree awarding body and a facilitator of holl golegau o’r cyfrifoldeb cyffredinol hwnnw. collaboration across the higher education A’r peryg yw y byddai troi cefn ar radd sector in Wales. If that is our will, we must Prifysgol Cymru am deitlau “trefol” yn hybu yn express it, to ensure that that millionth isymwybodol y broses o wanhau’r genhadaeth graduate does doff his or her cap in the not Gymreig. Noddwyd gan Ede and Ravenscroft, darparwyr gynau i’r Brifysgol too distant future. Yr adeg hon, pan yw llywodraeth y Sponsored by Ede and Ravenscroft, robe-makers to the University A_W_Cap_Cymru_Haf_2004 27/7/04 11:34 am Page 12

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PRIFYSGOL CYMRU Y mae Prifysgol Cymru, a sefydlwyd ym 1893, yn Brifysgol ffederal fawr ac unigryw sydd ar hyn o bryd yn cynnwys chwe Sefydliad Cyfansoddol, sef: Prifysgol Cymru,Aberystwyth Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor Canu’r Cymoedd Prifysgol Cymru Abertawe Darlithydd gwadd yr Urdd yn y cyfardod eisteddfodol yng Nghasnewydd eleni yw’r Athro Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan Gareth Williams, Pontypridd. Cyn ymuno â Phrifysgol Morgannwg yn 2001, fe fu am dros 30 Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd mlynedd yn ddarlithydd ac yna’n Athro Hanes ym Mhrifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth. Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd. Mae’n gyd-awdur y gyfrol Fields of Praise – hanes datblygiad rygbi yng Nghymru rhwng 1881 Y mae corff llywodraethol y Brifysgol, y Cyngor, a 1981, a’r cyfrolau Heart and Soul ((1998) a More Heart and Soul (1999) sy’n ymdrin â wedi cymeradwyo derbyn pedwar sefydliad nodweddion a chymeriadau ein gêm genedlaethol. newydd yn aelodau o’r Brifysgol, ac y mae’n edrych Ei brif faes astudiaeth yw diwylliant poblogaidd y Gymru fodern, ac ef yw awdur Valleys of ymlaen at gael eu croesawu cyn gynted ag y bydd Song: Music and Welsh Society 1840-1914, a gyhoeddwyd gan Wasg Prifysgol Cymru (1998). y Cyfrin Gyngor wedi cymeradwyo’r newidiadau ‘Valleys of Song’ hefyd yw teitl y gyfres deledu hynod lwyddiannus gan ITV1 Wales (2004) a angenrheidiol yn y Siarter a’r Statudau: Athrofa Addysg Uwch Gogledd Ddwyrain luniwyd ac a gyflwynwyd gan Gareth Williams yn ei ddull afieithus. Bu’r gyfres yn olrhain hanes Cymru ein traddodiad corawl o Gôr Caradog hyd heddiw, a’r bri a enillodd corau o lowyr a Athrofa Addysg Uwch Abertawe chwarelwyr nid yn unig drwy Gymru ond ar ymweliadau gorchestol â Llundain a Chicago yn Coleg y Drindod Caerfyrddin ystod rhan ola’r 19edd ganrif. Y traddoddiad corawl yng nghymodd y De a ddewisodd fel sy’n Sefydliadau Cysylltiol ar hyn o bryd, ynghyd â thema’i ddarlith yn yr Eisteddfod, o dan y teitl ‘Pob nodyn fel perlyn pur’. Choleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru, sydd hefyd wedi bod â pherthynas agos â’r Brifysgol ers sawl blwyddyn. Valleys of Song THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES Professor Gareth Williams has written and lectured extensively on aspects of popular culture The University of Wales, founded in 1893, is a in modern Wales, and is the author of an important volume on Music and Society in Wales large and distinctive federal University currently from 1840 to 1914 under the title ‘Valleys of Song’, published by University of Wales Press in comprising six Constituent Institutions, whose 1998. He has also recently scripted and activities it exists to support and which are closely presented the successful ITV1 Wales involved in its governance. These institutions are: The University of Wales,Aberystwyth television series under the same title, which University of Wales, Bangor portrayed the rich choral tradition which is University of Wales Swansea one of the more positive and long-lasting University of Wales, Lampeter outcomes of the industrial revolution in University of Wales Institute, Cardiff Wales since the middle of the 19th century. University of Wales, Newport. He has chosen this as the theme of his The University’s governing body, the Council, has lecture for the Guild at the National approved the admission of four new institutions Eisteddfod at Newport in August. A new into membership of the University, and is looking forward to welcoming them as soon as approval is feature of this year’s Eisteddfod lecture has received from the Privy Council for the necessary been the provision of simultaneous changes in the Charter and Statutes by which the translation into English. University is governed. Gareth Williams is also co-author of These institutions are the current Associated ‘Fields of Praise’, the official history of Institutions of the University: Welsh rugby from 1881 to 1981. Before North East Wales Institute of Higher taking up his present post at the University Education of Glamorgan’s Centre for Modern and Swansea Institute of Higher Education Contemporary Studies in 2001, he was for Trinity College, Carmarthen together with the Royal Welsh College of over 30 years lecturer and them Professor Music and Drama, which has also had a close of History at the University of Wales relationship with the University for many years. Llun/pic: ITV1 Wales Aberystwyth.

Golygwyd y rhifyn hwn gan y Clerc, Hywel Wyn Jones, mewn ymgynghoriad â swyddogion eraill yr Urdd a Chofrestrfa’r Brifysgol. Gwethfawrogir nawdd cwmni Ede & Ravenscroft eto eleni tuag at gostau cyhoeddi. Croesewir deunydd ar gyfer rhifyn nesaf ‘Cap Cymru’, erbyn dechrau Mawrth 2005. This issue has been edited by the Clerk, Hywel Wyn Jones, in consultation with fellow officers of the Guild, and the University Registry. The continued support of Ede & Ravenscroft towards publication costs is greatly appreciated. Material for the next issue of ‘Cap Cymru’ will be welcomed, and should reach us by early March 2005. Cyfeiriad: Address: Cofrestrfa Prifysgol Cymru University of Wales Registry Parc Cathays Cathays Park Caerdydd Cardiff CF10 3NS CF10 3NS Ruth ab Ieuan,Ysgrifennydd Cynorthwyol y Rhif ffôn/Tel: 029 20 786224 Rhif ffôn/Tel: 029 20 786224 Brifysgol, sydd â gofal dros drefniadau gweinyddol yr Urdd. Mae hi ar gyfnod mamolaeth ar hyn o Gwefan: www.cymru.ac.uk Website: www.wales.ac.uk bryd: gwelir hi yma gyda’i mab bach Gruffudd. E-bost: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Ruth ab Ieuan, Assistant Secretary at the E-bost: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] University Registry, provides administrative support for the Guild. She is currently on maternity leave: Argraffwyd gan/printed by: Gwasg Gomer, Llandysul, Ceredigion SA44 4JL www.gomer.co.uk here she is with baby Gruffudd.